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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.”

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.”. Sustaining your spirituality. Sustaining your spirituality. There are more books than ever There are more experts than ever So why are we still asking how to sustain our spirituality?

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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me.”

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  1. “I am the way,and the truth,and the life.No-one comes to the Fatherexcept through me.”

  2. Sustaining your spirituality

  3. Sustaining your spirituality • There are more books than ever • There are more experts than ever • So why are we still asking how to sustain our spirituality? • What are your expectations of today?

  4. What is spirituality?

  5. “Christians are people who have the mind of Christ; they do spiritual things in accordance with Christ’s spirit” (Abbot Christopher Jamieson) “Different expressions of Christian spirituality...all derive from the experience of what God has done and is doing in us and among us” (Bishop Graham Chadwick) All spirituality is about the right ordering of desire “To be spir­i­tual is to walk in step with the Spirit in every area of life. It is not to live on some ethe­real plane” (Tim Chester)

  6. The transformation aims to refind the original shape of man, the image of God. To accomplish this, the transformation is oriented at a mold, which represents the original shape: in Judaism the Torah, in ChristianityChrist, in BuddhismBuddha, in the IslamMuhammad. (Wikipedia) “There is no way to the redisovery of the meaning of spirituality until holy communion is born out of holy community” (David Clark) “Spirituality is nothing less than the whole of life orientated towards God, shaped by God, graced by God.” (Jim Cotter)

  7. What is a ‘sustained’ spirituality? What does it look like?

  8. What is a sustained spirituality?To live spiritually?BUT what is that?To live a life full of and fuelled by the Spirit of God?BUT what does that look like?Christ?BUT what does Christ’s life look like?

  9. Christ • A life of humble service (life) • A commitment to obedientsacrifice (death) • Living in the light of the resurrection (resurrection)

  10. How do we grow? • Looks different for each of us but... • There are foundations • Scripture (rooted in the Word) • Community (sharing life with other followers) • Confession • Worship (in all its variety) • Prayer (communion with God) • Service (mission, evangelism...) • Sabbath (rest)

  11. Time

  12. Growing together Ask good questions Listen well Help the other to find the answer for themselves

  13. Where am I? • How are your foundations? • Where are they working well? • Where could they do with strengthening? • What are some of the barriers to growth? • How would you like your Spirituality to be?

  14. “The human mind may devise many plans,but it is the purpose of the Lordthat will be established”

  15. Do you understand your journey so far? • Who are some of the people you have met along the way? • What are some of the significant moments? • What has broken you? • What has brought you joy? • Where have you found rest? • What have you allowed the journey to teach you?

  16. What is your rhythm?

  17. Daily rhythm? Where are the pressures? When is the busiest time? When are the peaceful moments? When are the moments of rest?

  18. Weekly rhythm? Where are the pressures? When are the busiest times? When are the peaceful moments? When are the moments of rest?

  19. What will I do/Where will I go? Pick one thing you would like to work on to grow spiritually • What is the aim (where do you want to be?)? • What steps will you take to get there? • What things will you put in place to help you? • By when? • How will you know when you have made progress? • Are there any markers along the way? • How will it feel, to be doing that thing/be in that place? • How committed to this are you? (What are you prepared to give up to see it happen?)

  20. Tools for growing spiritually

  21. Journeys

  22. Symbols

  23. Ritual

  24. Places

  25. Significant moment

  26. Specific People

  27. Media film, music, images

  28. Writing; journals, essays, blogs, tweets

  29. Reading: Books & Blogs

  30. Anything else? • Art • Photography • ...

  31. What will I do/Where will I go? Pick one thing you would like to work on to grow spiritually • What is the aim (where do you want to be?)? • What steps will you take to get there? • What things will you put in place to help you? • By when? • How will you know when you have made progress? • Are there any markers along the way? • How will it feel, to be doing that thing/be in that place? • How committed to this are you? (What are you prepared to give up to see it happen?)

  32. What are your resources? • What do you have that can help you? • What do you not have that you need? • How could you get that thing? • How could you help each other? • What else could help you?

  33. It’s not just about you! A young person comes to you and asks you the question, How do I grow in my faith? In groups of 4 come up with a plan of how you would help them...

  34. “If anywantto become my followers, let themdeny themselvesandtake up their crossdailyand follow me.”

  35. Calling and Identity

  36. Further questions or comments

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